Mag., 7x57mm Mauser or even 7mm-08 Remington, you certainly don't need a 280 Remington. I had a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in 280 Remington. I finally found a Model 70 Classic Sporter in 270 Winchester with a nice walnut stock on it. .270 Win vs. .280 Rem Question that I think I know the answer to: I am looking at the reloading data (Barnes in this case) for a 280 vs. a 270 and find that for the same bullet weight with the same barrel length, that the manual suggests 1.0 to 4.0 fewer grains of the same powder in the .280 and gets from 100-200 less fps. 7mm Rem. The recoil energy and recoil velocity figures are taken from various sources including the recoil nomograph in the Handloader's Digest 8th Edition, various online recoil calculators, the Remington Shoot! Look, if you already own a 270 Win., 30-06 Springfield, 7mm Rem. All the while I owned it thought, I wish it had the 24" barrel like the Model 70 Winchester. Co. What is meant by an "all-around" rifle cartridge and what are the criteria for choosing one? The .280 Remington shoots about as flat as the .270 Winchester. Using 140 gr bullets in the 270win and the 280 rem there's not a nickel's worth of difference. If the 7X64mm Brenneke had come across the Atlantic to North America shortly after its 1917 debut, both the .270 Winchester and .280 Remington might not have made their way past some wildcat status. But if you're looking for an easy-shooting, all-purpose, middle-of-the-road, standard-length cartridge for hunting darn near anything huntable, you could do worse than the 280 Remington. Illustration courtesy of Hornady Mfg. It shoots flatter than the .30-06, so is probably an ideal compromise between the two, at least on game up to elk in size. Re: .270 win vs .280 rem - 06/03/07 Originally Posted by Mule Deer Even if guys will admit that the .270 and .280 are identical in the field, they nitpick tiny differences in chronographed results-- and these are usually conducted without adult supervision. I agree 100% it's a well established fact that an increase in bore size will cause an increase in velocity. In 1957, Remington wanted a round for its pumps and autos that would match .270 Winchester ballistics and turned to a wildcat called the 7mm/06, … Mag. The .280 Rem. If your a fan of lighter bullets and trajectory then 270 win has the edge. The .280 Remington came first, released in 1957, based on the .30-03 Springfield case (just a bit longer than the .30-06) with a shoulder just a bit more forward than the .270s to prevent any accidents. Check out the Barnes data, especially 270 WIn vs. 270 WSM with the 110 grain TTSX. The differences between each of the standard vs magnum cartridges are about the same. RuralDoc, At what point did I say the .280 should not get more velocity than the .270? is also a great cartridge, but its performance is so similar to the .270 that serious arguments are silly. They are pretty much identical in ballistics. We can continue to play the … There is under 100fps difference. The 7X57mm Mauser existed before thrm all, and the 7mm-08 grew from a wildcat based on the .308 Winchester and its progenitors in 1980. If your a fan of heavier bullets the edge goes to the 280 rem. I loved that rifle and killed a lot of elk, deer, and antelope with it. Yet it has never been and probably never will be anywhere close to as popular as either… nor is it anywhere near as popular as the 7mm Remington Magnum. Actually the same question could be asked between the 280 Rem and 7mm Mag, and the 30-06 and the 300 Win Mag. By Chuck Hawks. program or calculated from the formula given in the Lyman Reloading Handbook, 43rd Edition.